Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 5 › Conversation 005-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Ronald L. Ziegler

Saturday, June 12, 1971 · 2:09 PM–2:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation005-024 on Tape 5 (tape position 00:31:25–00:31:34)StartSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 2:09 PMEndSaturday, June 12, 1971 at 2:21 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 005-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was brief and strictly functional, serving only to facilitate communication with a key staff member. No substantive political issues or policy decisions were discussed during this exchange.

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Ms. Ziegler, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 2:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 5-24

Date: June 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Ronald L. Ziegler

Also recorded on June 12, 1971

  • 005-023 2:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward L. Ryerson talked on the telephone from 2:07 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 256-029 2:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward L. Ryerson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:07 pm to 2:09 pm.
  • 256-030 2:09 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:09 pm and 3:00 pm.
  • 005-025 2:21 PM · 2 min — the White House operator and Edward C. Nixon talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-026 2:21 PM · 1 min — Edward C. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-027 2:21 PM · 10 sec — Unknown person(s) and Edward C. Nixon talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-028 2:21 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.
  • 005-029 2:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:21 pm on June 12, 1971 and 8:35 am on June 13, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 005-024, June 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).